1836
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

as the statutory closing-day in the combined district of Wanganui.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of May, 1915.
W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

[NOTE.—This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1915, and continues in force till another day is appointed by a similar poll.—Section 17 (11).]

Appointing Thursday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of New Plymouth.

WHEREAS by section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, it is enacted that the result of every poll taken in any separate or combined district under the authority of that section shall be notified to the Minister of Labour in the manner therein provided, and the Minister shall thereupon appoint the day determined by the result of such poll as the closing-day for that district: And whereas the Town Clerk of the Borough of New Plymouth has notified to me that the result of the poll taken in the separate district of the Borough of New Plymouth is in favour of Thursday as the statutory closing-day in that separate district:
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred on me by the said section 17, I, William Ferguson Massey, the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Thursday as the statutory closing-day in the separate district of the Borough of New Plymouth.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of May, 1915.
W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

[NOTE.—This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1915, and continues in force till another day is appointed by a similar poll.—Section 17 (11).]

Appointing Saturday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Lyttelton

WHEREAS by section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, it is enacted that the result of every poll taken in any separate or combined district under the authority of that section shall be notified to the Minister of Labour in the manner therein provided, and the Minister shall thereupon appoint the day determined by the result of such poll as the closing-day for that district: And whereas the Town Clerk of the Borough of Lyttelton has notified to me that the result of the poll taken in the separate district of the Borough of Lyttelton is in favour of Saturday as the statutory closing-day in that separate district:
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred on me by the said section 17, I, William Ferguson Massey, the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Saturday as the statutory closing-day in the separate district of the Borough of Lyttelton.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of May, 1915.
W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

[NOTE.—This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1915, and continues in force till another day is appointed by a similar poll.—Section 17 (11).]

Varied Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Hairdressers’ Shops in the Borough of Wanganui, under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the hairdressers’ shops in the Borough of Wanganui, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, 6 p.m.; Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 9.30 p.m.; except on the evenings before the days mentioned in section 19 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, and on the evenings before the undermentioned holidays—viz., Wanganui Show days, race days, and all evenings during the last fourteen days in the month of December of each year, when the closing-hour shall be 9.30 p.m.; and excepting Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, when the hour of closing shall be 11 p.m.:
And whereas the Wanganui Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the hairdressers’ shops within the Borough of Wanganui:
Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 24th day of May, 1915, all hairdressers’ shops in the Borough of Wanganui shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.
The notice gazetted on the 24th November, 1910, fixing the closing-hours of all the hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops within the borough is hereby varied accordingly.
NOTE.—The statutory closing-day appointed is on Thursday, from 1 p.m.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of May, 1915.
W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Varied Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Tobacconists’ Shops in the Borough of Wanganui under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops in the Borough of Wanganui, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, 6 p.m.; Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 9.30 p.m.; except on the evenings before the days mentioned in section 19 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, and on the evenings before the undermentioned holidays—viz., Wanganui Show days, race days, and all evenings during the last fourteen days in the month of December of each year, when the closing-hour shall be 9.30 p.m.; and excepting Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, when the hour of closing shall be 11 p.m.:
And whereas the Wanganui Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops within the Borough of Wanganui:
Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 24th day of May, 1915, all tobacconists’ shops in the Borough of Wanganui shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.
The notice gazetted on the 24th November, 1910, fixing the closing-hours of all the hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops within the borough is hereby varied accordingly.
NOTE.—The statutory closing-day appointed is on Thursday, from 1 p.m.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of May, 1915.
W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Licensed Second-hand Dealers’ Shops in the City of Auckland, under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the licensed second-hand dealers’ shops in the City of Auckland, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the city shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, 9 p.m.; Tuesday, 9 p.m.; Wednesday, 9 p.m.; Thursday, 9 p.m.; Friday, 10 p.m.; provided that in the case of any shopkeeper whose shop is closed for the whole of any Friday which is generally observed as a public holiday, the hour of closing on Saturday shall be 10 p.m.:
And whereas the Auckland City Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the licensed second-hand dealers’ shops within the City of Auckland:
Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 24th day of May, 1915, all licensed second-hand dealers’ shops in the City of Auckland shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.
NOTE.—The statutory half-holiday is on Saturday, from 1 p.m.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of May, 1915.
W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Charter of German Motor Schooner “Elfriede.”

Marine Department,
Wellington, 17th May, 1915.

THE Secretary of State for the Colonies notifies that the Government of Fiji will receive tenders for the charter of the German motor schooner “Elfriede,” of 30 tons,